There were occasional joint actions by the FARC EP and the ELN.

As far as is known, there was no direct contact on the part of the Government with the leadership of the FARC EP.

Responsibility is also attributed to FARC EP for forced displacements in the departments of Antioquia, Caldas, Chocó and Nariño.

The FARC EP and the ELN carried out a series of attacks against the civilian population in the course of 2004, including various massacres and kidnappings of civilians by the FARC EP.

Various proposals were put forward regarding a humanitarian exchange aimed at freeing the many kidnapped civilians and military and police personnel held by the FARC EP.

During 2004, the FARC EP and the ELN carried out a series of attacks against the civilian population, including several massacres of civilians and kidnappings by the FARC EP.

Its main stated objectives were to strike a blow at the rear guard of the FARC EP and to capture its principal leaders.

None of the proposals put forward by the Government and the FARC EP led to progress in this field.

FARC EP and ELN continued their frequent use of anti personnel mines.

No significant progress was made in terms of peace negotiations between the Government and the FARC EP and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), respectively.

The evolution of the internal armed conflict was characterized by consolidation of the presence of the Security Forces in municipal centres and the withdrawal of the FARC EP and the ELN.

Among the illegal armed groups, FARC EP continues to bear the greatest responsibility for these crimes.

The security forces took action against the paramilitary groups, but on a smaller scale compared to the actions taken against the FARC EP.

The development of the internal armed conflict was characterized by the consolidation of the presence of the Security Forces in municipal centres, and by the withdrawal of the FARC EP and the ELN.

The Security Forces launched attacks against the paramilitary groups, but on a smaller scale than those against the FARC EP.

Most appalling was the army s murder of thousands of innocent civilians in order to present the deaths as FARC casualties.

The third issue was the lack of progress in terms of peace negotiations between the Government and the FARC EP and ELN, respectively.

In December, the Government pardoned 23 members of the FARC EP who had been imprisoned for political crimes.

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The High Commissioner demands that the members of FARC EP and ELN fulfil international obligations prohibiting the use, storage, production and transfer of anti personnel mines.

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One current concern in 2004 continued to be the question of an agreement between the Government and the FARC EP aimed at freeing persons deprived of their liberty by that illegal armed group.

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In April, the European Union added the ELN to its list of terrorist organizations, which already includes the FARC EP and the AUC.

FARC EP are reportedly responsible for recruiting girls, forcing the use of birth control and compulsory mass HIV testing, and sexual enslavement of women and girls.

In this context, the killings, threats and other attacks against indigenous leaders, particularly by the AUC and FARC EP, should be stressed.

The commanders and members of the illegal armed groups FARC EP, ELN and AUC have persistently failed to fulfil their obligations in the field of international humanitarian law.

The Observatory on Mines of the Office of the Vice President attributed responsibility for incidents to FARC EP in 61 per cent of cases and to ELN in 10 per cent during 2004.

FARC EP continued to commit grave breaches such as murders of protected persons, torture and hostage taking, which affected many civilians, including women, returnees, boys and girls, and ethnic groups.

The High Commissioner demands that FARC EP, ELN, AUC and other illegal armed groups immediately and unconditionally release all persons held as hostages.

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Colombia and Ecuador broke diplomatic relations in March 2008, after Colombia s army pursued FARC guerillas, who have been fighting Colombia s government for decades, into Ecuadorean territory.

During 2004, the public's attention was focused primarily on the debate over the re election of the President, on the negotiations with paramilitary groups, and on attempts to agree on a humanitarian exchange between the Government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia Ejército del Pueblo (FARC EP).

The office in Colombia continued to record grave breaches on the part of the illegal armed groups, particularly FARC EP and the paramilitary groups, even though a number of the latter have declared a cessation of hostilities.

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Colombia s new president, Juan Manuel Santos, who as defense minister in Uribe's second government was responsible for the army s most spectacular exploits against the FARC, is probably the best equipped politician to build on this success.

In this context, it must be emphasized that the illegal armed groups (FARC EP, ELN, AUC and other paramilitary groups) totally ignored the recommendations addressed to them.

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FARC EP are also blamed for attacks against the civilian population and indiscriminate attacks, such as the one in the municipality of Anza (Antioquia), where members of FARC EP shot at civilians and threw a grenade into a public building, killing two and wounding seven others.